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Massacre of Cheyenne Indians (report)
Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War on Sand Creek, 38th Congress, 1865.
- Dates
- 1865
Connections 3
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- John Chivington Primary record 1
- Silas Soule Primary record 2
author
- Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War 1865 Primary record 1
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- 1865 Massacre of Cheyenne Indians (report)
- 1865 Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War authored Massacre of Cheyenne Indians (report)
Proof 2 sources
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Massacre of Cheyenne Indians. 38th Congress, 2nd session, Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, U.S. Congress (scan at the Internet Archive), 1865.
Primary record
he deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly massacre which would have disgraced the veriest savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty.
MASSACRE OF CHEYENNE INDIANS.
Whatever may have been his motive, it is to be hoped that the authority of this government will never again be disgraced by acts such as he and those acting with him have been guilty of committing.
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Legacies of Sand Creek, National Park Service, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
Primary record
Silas Soule reveals details of the massacre during his testimony. He is gunned down near his home in Denver a few months later.
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